A man of unknown identity has been found dead at Dyeratu Market in Chikwawa District, after reportedly drinking alcohol for several days without eating any food.

According to reports, the deceased, who came from Karonga District, had traveled to the Southern Region in search of piecework at Sinohydro Company, which is constructing the Shire Valley Transformation Canal.

Speaking to reporters, Tutius Chiutsi, a shop owner who had been sheltering the man, said he discovered the body in a decomposing state on Friday morning and immediately reported the matter to police.

Chiutsi added that he had repeatedly asked the man to leave the premises, but the deceased often sneaked back into the storeroom to sleep until the day he was found dead.

Chikwawa Police spokesperson Dickson Matemba said in

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